Utah’s youngest counties are REALLY young

June 25, 2015 (Fox 13 News)

Utah is the youngest state in the country. No surprise there. Utahns have more children and thus a lower median age. But the Census Bureau broke the numbers down between counties and found numbers that show parts of Utah are really young.

The median age of Americans in 2014 was 37.7 years old, meaning half of Americans are younger and half are older than that mark.

The median age of Utahns is 29.2, or at least it was after the 2010 census. Utah is the only state with a median age under 30.

Now look at Utah County. The median age there? 24.3 years old. Cache County is close behind at 25 and Iron County comes in third at 28.4.

The Director of Research at Utah Foundation, Shawn Teigen, said those counties have one thing in common: a major college or university.

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